Dietrich Knorr
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 31)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 26.296 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 4.724 GRT |
| Born | 13 Feb, 1912 | Dessau |
| Died | 20 Aug, 1940 | Bay of Biscay |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-53 | 24 Jun, 1939 | - | Aug, 1939 | No war patrols |
| U-51 | 15 Jan, 1940 | - | 20 Aug, 1940 (+) | 4 patrols (108 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-51 | 17 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 8 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 2. | U-51 | 11 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 22 Apr, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 43 days |
| 3. | U-51 | 6 Jun, 1940 | Kiel | 5 Jul, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 4. | U-51 | 9 Aug, 1940 | Kiel | 20 Aug, 1940 | Sunk | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 4 patrols, 108 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Dietrich Knorr
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Jan, 1940 | U-51 | Gothia | 1.640 |  | sw | ||
| 29 Jan, 1940 | U-51 | Eika | 1.503 |  | nw | ||
| 25 Jun, 1940 | U-51 | Saranac | 12.049 |  | br | OA-172 | |
| 25 Jun, 1940 | U-51 | Windsorwood | 5.395 | | br | OA-172 | |
| 29 Jun, 1940 | U-51 | HMS Edgehill (X 39) | 4.724 | | br | ||
| 15 Aug, 1940 | U-51 | Sylvafield | 5.709 | | br | HX-62 | |
| 31.020 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.